Memorial

Bugler William Alfred Wheeler

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Current Location

South wall, St Lawrence's Church, A361, Rode, Mendip, Somerset, BA11 6PW, England

ST 80804 53387

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 46347
Description: PLAIN RECTANGULAR BRASS PLAQUE MOUNTED OTO A BLACK STONE BACKBOARD. INCISED ISNCRIPTION
Inscription: SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF/ WILLIAM ALFRED WHEELER/ BUGLER ROYAL MARINE LIGHT INFANTRY/ THE YOUNGER SON OF/ COL. SERGT WM WHEELER (LATE RMLI) OF THIS VILLAGE/ THIS BOY WAS DROWNED IN HIS 17TH YEAR IN THE/ SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY TOGETHER WITH THE/ RT. HON. THE EARL KITCHENER OF KHARTOUM KG/ HIS MAJESTY'S SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR/ ON JUNE 15TH 1916 WHEN HMS HAMPSHIRE/ WAS LOST AT SEA OFF THE ORKNEY ISLANDS/ "THE TRUMPET SHALL SOUND AND THE DEAD SHALL BE RAISED"

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: rank, date of death, service, place of death,forenames,manner of death,age of death,relationships,additional, surname

Backboard

Height: 290MM

Width: 520MM

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

Plaque

Made from: Brass

Condition: Good

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